Jamaican athlete killed in motorcycle crash

Jamaican born Olympian – Germaine Mason was killed in a motorcycle crash in Jamaica early Thursday.

The police report that the athlete, who switched allegiance to represent Great Britain in 2006 and won silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, crashed along the Palisadoes main road that leads to the Norman Manley International Airport.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force confirmed Mason’s death on its Twitter page.